Longer, Faster, Hotter

Today was surprising in a couple of ways. It was hot, damn hot. Again hotter than the weather report had led me to believe it'd be. However, my body seemed to like it in that I found myself easily running pretty fast. My first mile was under 8 minutes. I did slow over the course of the nine mile run, but still managed to run 8:35's. OK, a few disclaimers.... I let myself stop to drink water/Gatorade often and stopped the time and it was mostly on the Back Cove (i.e. flat), but I still was surprised by my ease at that pace. Those soggy fields are really tough :)